Thursday, December 29, 2011

Now that my Dad and Mom FINALLY got their Christmas package, I can share these cards with you. I sent it off on December 14th, thinking it would get there in time for Christmas...WRONG!! They didn't get it until the 27th. Atleast I tried!!

Okay...back to the cards. For the last few years, part of my Christmas gift to my parents has been homemade birthday cards (HERE is a look at their 2010 cards, and the 2011 cards looked like THIS).

This year I decided to go with pennant banners, and here's what I came up with:

Triangle pennant banners for the BOYS...

And scalloped circle banners for the GIRLS...

I used my sewing machine to stitch along the banners and around the edge of the cards, and LOVE how they turned out! The box that I used came from the Beautiful Wings Tutorial from Paper Crafter's Library (you can receive the tutorial for FREE if you 'like' Paper Crafter's Library's Facebook Page), and the 'Happy Birthday' stamp is from the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler set.

Now I need to figure out what I'm going to make for MY birthday cards for 2012!! Hopefully inspiration will strike soon...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Happy Tuesday! Now that Christmas is over, I've got my mind on New Year's Resolutions....and whether I'm going to make any. What about you? Do you make New Year's Resolutions? One thing I'm going to TRY to do is to use my sewing machine more. We'll see how I do...
Let's see some projects that caught my eye from last week's linky party:

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

There's nothing better than a hot cup of cocoa during the winter...especially when it's freezing cold outside!! I needed a quick gift idea for my kids' teachers, and when I saw THIS TUTORIAL from The Little Blue Room, my search was over!!

I filled each cup with 2 packets of hot cocoa, and some Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses {my favorite!}

I had to make up my own pattern for part of the carrier since I don't own a scallop envelope die cut. Here's what I did:

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Happy Tuesday! How many of you are on the ball and have all of your Christmas shopping/projects done? NOT ME!! I keep telling myself that I do better under pressure, and that's why I wait until the last minute. It makes me feel better, I guess!!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Happy Tuesday! Christmas is getting closer and closer!! There were lots of fun tutorials linked up last week, but since Christmas is on my mind, I decided to feature a few of my favorites that would be great for Christmas gifts.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Happy Tuesday! There were SO many great projects linked up last week....it made my job of picking a few to feature quite hard! I appreciate you taking the time to visit and link up to 'Sew Cute Tuesday' each week, but please be aware that this linky party is for SEWING PROJECTS only!